The Lagos State House of Assembly has lamented palpable irregularities in the power sector, urging the National Assembly to expedite action on passage of Electricity Reform Act 2018. Speaking at plenary yesterday, the lawmakers bemoaned the Electricity Power Reform Act ...

The Election Tribunal sitting in Kano has ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) access to electoral materials used for the gubernatorial poll. PDP’s candidate, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, had challenged the declaration of Governor Abdullahi ...

Worried by the deplorable condition of the victims of armed banditry in Kajuru, the Kaduna State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday donated relief materials worth millions of naira to over 7,000 victims of various attacks in the area. The ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday condemned the recent violence in Kaduna State, which culminated in the death of no fewer than 20 residents of Adara Community. He stated this in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and ...

The House of Representatives may have finalised arrangements to order the reinstatement of 43 employees whose appointments were suspended by the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). The House, Ad-hoc Committee, led by Emmanuel Agbonayinma investigating alleged disappearance of N33 billion pensions’ ...

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Tony Okpanchi, yesterday told the World Bank that DBN disbursed N31 billion to 35,000 beneficiaries in the last two years. He said the facilities were given to the ...

A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has urged Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati, to dismiss Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s petition seeking to transfer his trial before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun to another ...

Staff members of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State yesterday alleged that Governor Ibikunle Amosun has perfected plans to clamp down on their unions leaders. The three labour unions in the institution in a statement yesterday in Abeokuta, ...

Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, and Osun State have cautioned members of the public to be wary of land grabbers who encroach on its property and sell to people. Besides, the university allayed fears that its ...

A gathering of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) professionals holds today at Harbour Point on Victoria Island, Lagos. The first of its kind in Nigeria, the event will bring together thought leaders, regulators, stakeholders and members of the public for ...